DEPARTMENT OE PARKS. I I 3 



FINANCES 



In Relation to the County Parks and Parkways. 



Of the seven million, five hundred and sixty thousand dol- 

 lars ($7,560,000) raised by the sale of county bonds in the year 

 1895, for the purchase and improvement of county parks, for 

 the purchase of land for the creation of the Shore Drive at Bay 

 Ridge and the construction of the driveway, for the purchase of 

 the land needed for the extension of the Eastern Parkway to 

 Ridgewood Park and its construction, and for the improvement 

 of streets in the Twenty-sixth Ward, the expenditures up to 

 December 3 1st, 1896, amounted to five million, eight hundred and 

 ninety-one thousand, nine hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety 

 cents ($5,891,916.90), leaving a balance of one million, six hundred 

 and sixty-eight thousand and eighty-three dollars and ten cents 

 ($1,668,083.10). 



COUNTY PARKS. 



Of the $2,410,000 raised for the purchase and improvement 

 of the county parks, there have been expended $2,097,567.22 

 for the purchase of land ; $54,055.54 for the expense of purchas- 

 ing, the defense of suits, the condemnation of land and its pro- 

 tection during completion of purchase, and $197,583.00 for the 

 work of construction. 



Of the amount expended for purchase, $1,747,045 were ex- 

 pended in 1895 ; the rest, $350,522.22, in 1896. Of the expense 

 account, $23,986.73 were expended in 1895, and $30,068.81 during 

 the year 1896. 



The improvement was not begun until the spring of 1896, 

 since which time $197,583.00 have been spent for construction. 



The cost of the Parks is as follows : 



Dyker Beach, complete $229,942 00 



Bensonhurst Beach, complete 88,000 00 



Canarsie Beach, complete 100,667 62 



New Lots Playground, complete 16,000 00 



Linton Park, complete 35,000 00 



